CC photo by Thomas HawkA work from Olafur Eliasson, as seen at the show’s debut at the SFMOMA in San Francisco.

“Take your time: Olafur Eliasson” is the first comprehensive survey in the United States of works by Olafur Eliasson, whose large-scale immersive environments, installations, sculptures, and photographs elegantly recreate the extremes of landscape and atmosphere in his native Iceland, at the same time as they foreground the sensory experience of the work itself. The New York run of the exhibition, organized and first exhibited at SFMOMA, will include 20 additional works including six new works created specifically for The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.

Eliasson’s works will be exhibited at both MoMA and P.S.1.

Eliasson’s SFMOMA show was one of our favorite shows of 2007. It will be exciting to see the new works being created for the New York show. We are also closely watching The New York City Waterfalls, Eliasson’s public art commission to build four massive 90 to 120 foot high waterfalls along the New York City waterfront from mid-July to mid-October 2008.

Take your time: Olafur Eliasson
April 20-June 30, 2008

The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
New York